Advertising device.



Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

INVENTOH W/T/VESSES By Mk6; Arrowrs JOHN nowsme, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

ADVERTISING DEVICE Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed September 28, 1908. Serial No. 455,008.

to-attracting the attention of the public to a particular candidate.

More. particularly stated, my invention comprises a combinational devicepartaking,

to some. extent, of the characteristics of a walking cane, a ti re orportion thereof representing a can idate and adapted to be mounted uponthe cane for-use as a ha die, this figure being hollow and provided withmeans whereby it may be used as a/horn;

the figure being detachable from the cane in order to be soundedindependently of the cane.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section, showing mycomplete device, and also showin the manner 1n which the fi ureis'cdnncctet with the cane portion,

and fiirther showing how the figure is provided with a siren andmouthpiece for the purpose of producing sounds in order to attractattention; Fig. 2 is an end view of the tubular member used as a cane;and Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryclcvatiou showing how the figure is'mountedupon the tubular member by aid of a bayonet: joint. 0

A tubular member 4 open at its bottom end 5 has generally the form of awalking cane and is provided at its upper end with two bayonet slots 6.I

A figure 7, representing preferably the head and face of a politician,is provided with a tubular portion 8 fitting neatly into the tubularmember 4 and provided '"Wll'll pins 9' -which extend outwardly throughthe bayonet slots 6. The figure 7 is provided with a wall 10 which isengaged squarely bythe upper end of the tubuiar member 4. A mouthpiece11 extendst-hrough the top of the figure and is provided inside of thefigure with an enlarged portion 12 supporting a fan 13. Adjacent to thisfan are slots 14, the casing. provided with its slots and, the fantogether constituting a siren. By blowing into the mouthpiece 11, thesiren makes its characteristic sound.

The operation of my device is as follows: The parts being assembled asindicated 'in Fig. l, the operator grasps the figure 7 with his hand anduses the entire device somewhat after the manner of an ordinary walkingcane. If, now, he desires to sound the siren, he places the mouthpiecell in his mouth and gives a hard blow. The tubular member 4 now servesas a pipe and the note emitted by the siren has a definite relation tothe length of the pipe, as would be the case in an organ pipe. atordesires that'the siren shall produce a sound having greater shrillnes's,he detaches the tubular member 4 from the figure 7, again placesthemouthpiece 11 in his mouth and blows. The tubular member 4 havingbeen detached, as just stated, the length of the air column iscorrespondingly decreased, the result being that, as is well known inmusic, the note is higher. If desired, the parts can be so proportionedthat the higher note is exactly an octave, or a multiple of an octave,

figure is attached to or detached from said tubular member. v

2. The combination of an open ended inembcr adapted for use as a cane, ahollow figure removal'ily mounted upon said tubular member and servingas a handle for said cane, and a musical mci'nber carried by said figureand (-o-acting therewith for the urpose of producing-a sound, theproportions of said figure relatively to said tubular member being suchthat the sound produced when said tubular member is disconnected fromsai figure has a definite harmonic relation to the soundemit'ted whensaid tubular member is connected With said figure.

3. The combination of an open ended tubular member of cylindrical form,a figure detachably connected with said tubular member and made hollow,a mouthpiece for said figure, and a siren connected With said mouthpieceand disposed Within said figure."

bular member of cylindrical form, a figure carried by said tubularmember by a bayonet joint for the purpose of rendering said figureeasily detachable from said tubular unember, and a sounding deviceconnected with said figure and controllable b the operator for producingnoises di ering in character accordingly as said figure may be connectedwith said open ended tubular member or disconnected therefrom.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN E. DoWsIue. \Vitnesses CHAS. J. KEARNEY, A. GEO. HUDSON.

